Bunny and the Bull – 2009 | 101 mins | Comedy | Colour

Plot Synopsis

Paul King, familiar to many as the director of cult comedy The Mighty Boosh, launches his feature debut with this surreal exploration of alienation that is described as a “comedy road movie set entirely in a flat” that charts the adventures of two mismatched friends as they travel across Europe. It’s an original and brave film that places real-life characters against animated and drawn backgrounds. It’s perhaps an overly ambitious concept that is definitely an acquired taste and unlikely to appeal to a wide audience as it’s neither as clever or funny as it thinks it is.

Stephen (Edward Hogg) has become a bit of a recluse and hasn’t been outside in months. Living with a painfully restrictive routine, he refuses to interact with the world or think about the past. When a sudden infestation of mice destroys his infinite supply of ready meals, the housebound agoraphobic is forced to change his ways. Stephen finds his mind hurtling back to the disastrous trek around Europe he undertook with his friend Bunny (Simon Farnaby), a womanising, gambling-addicted booze-hound. Unable to stem the flood of memories, Stephen’s flat becomes the springboard for an extraordinary odyssey through landscapes made up of snapshots and souvenirs, from the industrial wastelands of Silesia to the bull fields of Andalusia. A story of love, disillusionment, stuffed bears and globalised seafood.